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If case you haven’t heard, a new study was issued that places the cultural permissiveness of the 1960s and an unprepared clergy as the root cause of the child sexual abuse scandal that’s come to light in the last 15 years. From the Washington Post story on the study: “The largest study ever done on…

The Republicans are crowing about this prospects in this Fall’s midterms and have been for quite some time.Â Traditionally, the president’s party loses seats in a midterm election and I do expect we’ll lose some seats in the House and Senate simply because there were seats long held by Republicans that turned blue in 2006…

Q: Are you then saying, everybody that represents pedophiles is sympathetic to pedophiles, is that your contention? A: If you’re a lawyer and you decide to spend all of your time representing pedophiles (criminals), it would raise a question.

The right wing blogs are pumping up protesters at heatlhcare town halls as “real Americans” (when we’re all real Americans, thank you very much) when the reality is many of them are nothing more than Astroturfers. Lately, as the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne points out, people are bringing loaded weapons to healthcare twon halls that…

Earlier today, I (and several stealthyliberal pals) made our way to the Register’s offices at Grand Ave. for a “Meet the Publisher”Â lunch with Register publisher Terry Horne.Â I estimate the crowd at about 150 people, mostly older Orange Countians feasting on a vareity of box lunches and cold water.Â My purpose for going was to…

The Washington Post is reporting that the DC City Council has voted to recognize and extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same sex couples married in states where Gay Marriage is legal.Â The vote was 12-1 with Marion Barry dissenting. From the story: ” If Congress does not intervene, council member David A.…